Gene expression in aminergic and peptidergic cells during aggression and defeat: Relevance to violence, depression and drug abuse

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 787-802

  Miczek, Klaus A ^a,b   Nikulina, Ella M ^b,c   Takahashi, Aki ^d   Covington III, Herbert E ^e   Yap, Jasmine J ^f   Boyson, Christopher O ^a   Shimamoto, Akiko ^a   De Almeida, Rosa M M ^g  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^g FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amphetamine; Anhedonia; Cocaine; Defeat; Dorsal raphe; Sensitization; Social stress; Tolerance; Ventral tegmental area

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; COCAINE; DOPAMINE; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN C FOS; AMINE; AMPHETAMINE; MORPHINE; PEPTIDE;

AGGRESSION; ANHEDONIA; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COPING BEHAVIOR; DECREASED APPETITE; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DOPAMINE RELEASE; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG ABUSE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REVIEW; SENSITIZATION; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STRESS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; UPREGULATION; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; VIOLENCE; ADDICTION; ANIMAL; BRAIN; BRAIN STEM; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOME; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; MOUSE; RAT; TIME;

RATTUS;

AGGRESSION; AMINES; AMPHETAMINE; ANHEDONIA; ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN STEM; COCAINE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME; MALE; MICE; MORPHINE; PEPTIDES; RATS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TIME FACTORS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84856027300     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: 15733297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10519-011-9462-5     Document Type: Review

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